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< milk fever
milk glass >
milk·fish
(m
lk
f
sh
)
KEY
NOUN:
pl.
milkfish
or
milk·fish·es
A large silvery fish
(Chanos chanos)
of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, widely used for food.
ETYMOLOGY:
From its color
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